The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-04
LATER NEWS ITEMS.


James Bauron, Secretary and Treas
urer of the Tennessee Alabama Coal, Iron,
and Railroad Company, testified before the
Interstate Commerce Commission at Mobile
that his company had s16,000000 invested in
lands and property The business of
the company had grown and expanded
under the effect OF low rates so that
before the interstate law went into effect
the pig-iron products of Alabama were
60 tons per day. All this output had
10 seek distant markets. Since the law went
into effect the daily sales had fallen to 100 tons,
mostly for shipment by water. Petitions for a
suspension of section were received from
Birmingham iron men and from representa-
tives of the Southern Yellow-Pine Lumber
Manufacturers Association. protest against
the suspension of the law was presented from
the Mobile Cotton Exchange. The Commission
then proceeded to New Orleans
1t is rumored that Consul General
Waller lis to be recalled from London. A cool
ness is said to exist between Mr.. Waller and
Minister Phelps.
Secretary Lamar said to Washing
ton reporter that he was fully in accord with
the President in the Guilford Miller matter,
and that there was no difference of opinion
between them. He further said in reply TO a
question that he would try TO carry out Presi-
dent Cieveland's suggestions if possible.
The will of Alexander Mitchell gives
the widow the homestead in Milwaukee, $780,
600 in such bonds or stocks as she may select,
and an annuity of $50, 0O0 to be paid in month
ly installments To David f. Mitchell, grand
son, is left 100000; to Isabella Mackie a
niece s25, 900, and in various educational and
charitable institutions $4,000 in gross. The
remainder of the estate, except some bank
stock, was given to his only son, and as soon
as the will was promulgated he was elected to
succeed his father as President of the bank,
and the capital stock was increased $500, coo.
The coal-laden schooner Louie
ONeill was sunk in Lake Erie in collision
with the vessel Thomas W. Parker. The en-
tire crew Of eight souls persisted.
The bodies of three negroes, broth
ers, named Sylvester, were found hanging to
tree near Proctor, W. Va Each body bore
placard on which was written: "Nigger thiev-
cry must be broken up" The farmers in the
ne;ghborhood had suffered depredations at the
hands of unknown persons, and it seems they
finally settled on the Sylvester brothers as the
guilty ones.
Treasurer Jordan has returned to
Washington and resumed his labors He re-
ports the health of ex-Secretary Manning
greatly improved, and that he will return
from England June l.
Continuous rains in portions of
Maine and New Hampshire have resulted in
disastrous floods.
Miss Alice Cobb committed suicide
at Portland, Me-, and left a note stating that
her father was the cause Of it. and that her
spirit would haunt him as long as he lived.
The Petit Journal, of Paris, has just
declared a dividend of 10 per cent on its last
years business. The profits for 1856 amount
ed to over 81, 600 600
The Pope will shortly send out an
encyclical letter on the land question in which,
it is said, he will unreservedly denounce the
theories Of Henry George.
NJ. Schnaebels, released from o Ger
man prison, has been enthusiastically received
by his countrymen, and is likely to be retired
on pension.
William O'Brien, the pugnacious ed
itor of United Ireland, has started from
Queenstown for Canada, where he proposes
to make things interesting for Lord Lans-
downe
France is still hot over the prospect
of a war with Germany, and Germany is max
ing preparations for the conflict by large
financial appropriations for strategic railways,
barracks, and hospitals, and for increasing the
efficiency of the army
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